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Meanings of the eclogues and georgics of virgil in English

1915 English translation by J. W. Mackail.

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Examples for "georgics"
Examples for "georgics"
1
They have a book for this work, which they call the Georgics.
The City of the Sun
2
O Georgics of the Rue Madame, and of the Allée de l'Observatoire!
Les Misérables
3
The Georgics pleased me better; the Eclogues best,-thesecond and tenth above all.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
4
Here I am reading Virgil's delightful Georgics for the first time.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1
5
These didactic writings, inspired by Virgilian Georgics, show a distinct preference for the idyllic.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and...
1
They believed in all the poetical descriptions they read in her eclogues.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
2
It consists of twelve eclogues, one for each month of the year.
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
3
Allegories of the seasons and chinoiserie eclogues are on the move.
A Time of Gifts
4
Encina's eclogues are simple compositions, with little pretence to dramatic artifice.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic ...
5
The eclogues have more animation; but they can only be called poems by courtesy.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1